Lines of wisdom
Subtitle: young writers, old stories, timeless encounters
By: photographer, Oliver Strewe
Publisher: Affirm Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Mulgrave, Vic
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780980374650
Subjects: Older people; Anecdotes; Role models; Biography; Modèles de rôle; Biographies
Description: Young writers from around the country pen profiles of ordinary and elderly Australians they find inspirational. Evocative and engaging these profiles reveal much about young and old Australians and each story is accompanied by beautiful black and white portraits by renowned photographer, Oliver Strewe.
Table of contents: title: Marjorie Bligh : the housewife  -- Danielle Wood; title: Kevin Willows : the private dick  -- Katherine Allan; title: Dora (Amanyi) Haggie : the provider  -- Beth Sometimes; title: Magda "Duci" Friedmann : the beautician  -- Jessica Friedmann; title: Tom Jones : the footy player  -- Lisa Dempster; title: Chafic Ataya : the poet  -- Jessica Cook; title: Lerida Henderson : the climber  -- Rosanna Beatrice Stevens; title: Silvio Massola : the revhead  -- James Massola; title: Mona Dyer : the local  -- Nicholas Dyer; title: Peter Rossler : the survivor  -- Talia Linz; title: Jill McCreery : the memory keeper  -- Kathy Riley; title: William "Bill" Donkin : the writer  -- Scott-Patrick Mitchell; title: Marlene Ross : the patriot  -- Samia Hossain; title: Arthur John "Buddy" Robson : the farmer  -- Amanda Betts; title: Peter Muller : the architect  -- Nina Drakalovic; title: Margaret "Peggy" Staas : the only child  -- Isabel Staas; title: Ambrose Mungala Chalarimeri : the angler -- Carly Lorente.